[Father William Joseph] Chaminade's (1761-1850) concept of the Sodality was to gather all Christians - men and women, young and old, lay and clerical - into a unique community of Christ's followers unafraid to be known as such, committed to living and sharing their faith, and dedicated to supporting one another in living the Gospel to the fullest. The enterprise was placed under the patronage and protection of the Virgin Mary. As his own insights developed, he came to see the Sodality as the Marianist Family, dedicated to sharing her mission of bringing Christ into the contemporary world. It was characterized by a deep sense of the equality of all Christians, regardless of state of life; by an energizing spirit of interdependence; by effective concern for individual spiritual growth; and by the desire, in Chaminade's words, of "presenting to the world the amazing and attractive reality of a people of saints." Side by side with him in this endeavor was Marie Therese, who headed up the Young Women's and Married Women's sections of the Sodality.Vatican News
The Indians of John Burroughs High School (Burbank) traveled to West Hills for a single game against the Eagles of Chaminade High School.
In the first inning, Burroughs sent three batters to the plate and saw them go down 1-2-3. Chaminade opened upits part of the inning with a single against the battery of
Lizzie Peters and
Katie Budrick (catching). However, the next three batters went down in order.
The Indians went scoreless in the second inning while posting their third strikeout of the game. In their half of the inning, the Eagles came to life, sending six batters to the plate. Although the Indians committed two errors, the defense and Peters shut down any Eagles' attempt to score.
The top of the third inning, tied at 0-0, provided the only Indians run on the day as
Liz Hanna was walked then scored when
Bri Casillas hit a triple. Chaminade countered the Indians score in spite of Peters' fourth strikeout on the day, taking advantage of the Indians' third error of the game and pushing a run across on a double by the catcher,
Brittany Cervantes.
The fourth inning was deja vous for Burroughs's playersas they went down in order, recording strikeout number seven. For their part, the Eagles of Chaminade came alive as they scored five runs on three Burroughs errors, two singles, a triple and a walk.
Things looked grim for the Indians as the fifth inning opened up and they found themselves behind 6-1. Four batters and two strikeouts later, they were still trailing. Chaminade continued its offensive firepower in the bottom half of the inning as they sent seven batters to face Peters. The Eagles scored two runs on two singles, a double, two walks and a stolen base.
The sixth inning was uneventful for both teams.
Burroughs entered the seventh and final inning, behind 8-1. The second batter of the inning,
Taylor Buliavac, doubled to left field with one out. Coach
Steven Garcia sent in pinch hitter
Emily Odio, who struck out;
Amanda Collard then hit a line drive that was caught for the final out of the inning.
This was a tough game for the Indians as they suffered11 strikeouts and seven errors in the 8-1 loss to Chaminade.
Up next for the Indians, as they return to the Lincoln Tournament, are L. A. Baptist and John F. Kennedy High Schools.